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OLEAN — Noise complaints — long discussed but never resulting in action by the Common Council. But now the city’s newest alderman wants to tackle the ...

OLEAN — After a year of paperwork and waiting, city police should begin wearing body cameras this summer. Olean Police Chief Jeff Rowley reports that ...

OLEAN — In a stark example of what Olean’s police chief calls misguided criminal justice reforms in New York, his officers busted in on an alleged met...

OLEAN — While New York state legislators want to ban untraceable “ghost guns,” which lawmakers say are becoming more prevalent in criminal cases, law ...

OLEAN — Former Olean Police Capt. James Neil Connelly, who served the city he made home for over 35 years, died Friday at the age of 67. “We’re all ve...

Officer Denise Maestas could have just written down the complaint and filed it away. An elderly man had walked into the Olean Police Department statio...

OLEAN — Burglars vandalized the William O. Smith Recreation Center this week, stealing cash and causing damage to both city property and privately own...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department is moving ahead with its plan to begin using body-worn cameras. Olean Police Chief Jeff Rowley told the Olean Time...

On April 3, Olean Police and Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office emergency and special response team members, including a K-9 unit, surrounded a house...

After searching a home for crack cocaine and heroin Wednesday night, the Olean Police Department uploaded photos of seven people charged in the raid o...

OLEAN — Jeff Rowley thinks “now is the time” for the Olean Police Department to have body-worn cameras. In an age when the public routinely films thei...

OLEAN — The Common Council began its department-by-department review of next year’s spending requests on Tuesday. In a two-and-a-half-hour meeting Tue...

OLEAN — Is North Fourth Street a dangerous roadway for children being dropped off at Immanuel Christian Child Care? The Olean Common Council’s public ...

If New York state legalizes recreational use of marijuana, it will likely take some getting used to for police officers. “All along in my career, we’v...

OLEAN — The amount of Olean Police Department activity — whether it be felony arrests or parking tickets — hasn’t changed much over the last three yea...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department was unable to determine why some city residents heard what they believed to be a loud explosion Thursday night. “W...

OLEAN — Is North Union Street safer after the Walkable Olean project? With Olean’s first of five roundabout marking three years of operation at the en...

OLEAN —While the Olean Public Library has been celebrating Pride Month and the LGBTQ community all June, one event in particular has captured public i...